Here it is enjoy. Don't really know how I got the idea and I haven't tested how effective it is, but it was a lot of fun to do.

I bought the 4' pieces of metal from a local Lowe's for about $10.00 each.


Gotta love the dirty EK trunk


I cut both bars 110 cm's, then measured 4 cm back and cut on that angle, that give you enough room to put the bolts back on.


Almost done cutting!!!


Done, at this point I sanded some of the rouch edges down with a drummel.


Next I measured from center to center of the bolts in the car. I drilled the holes a little to close and then sanded them to get a perfect fit. NOTE: front and back are different lengths...measure each seperate!!!


Here is a pick of both the bars installed without the stabalizers cut and put in.


Close up of one side.


I took the extra material I cut off the edges and places those for support. I still need to get them welded in and am gonna take off in about 1 hour to get that done at a friends house. i think i had to cut them at 7.5 cm.


A close up of the supports before welding.


Enjoy guys...let me know if you have any suggestions of questions. I still have to get it painted and reinstall the interior.

PauL

UPDATED: I got it welded last night and just got a weight from the postal scale at work. it weight 5 lbs. I don't know if that is good or bad? does anyone have the weights for other popular bars like mugen, cusco, benen, etc?




Modified by TinyCRX at 5:15 AM 4/30/2003

 

for your creativeness

how does it drive now.

 

gotta go get it welded yet. and my springs/struts won't be here until friday so i'll let everyone know then!!!

 

very nice write up and DIY/HowTo. but i rather buy a generic one on Ebay for $20, less work

 

nice diy.

 

i'm a DIY kinda guy ....LOL Glad everyone likes it so far!

 

wow! thats extremly creative! if i had the tools, i would definately do that and save some money

 

I bet his will be stronger, ever held an ebay strutbar? Plastic has more reinforcement......and what can that do for you?

I like his man, wanna sell one? You could have fun making a few, now that you have a template. I like how it is solid tube construction, the strut towers are held by a seamless tube that WILL not flex. All other 2/3/4 piece strut bars do flex.

When you channel all the stress into a small piece, then sure it up by useing a standard bolt will result in flex.

to the DIY man.

 

awesome man!
I was thinking exactly about the same thing, but you just made it before me

 

nice effort, that things gotta be pretty damn heavy though

 

What do you use to cut those bars?

 

nice work, that plus the trunk brace(floor of trunk) from the other DIY i saw will really have my car stiff as hell.... for creativity, and a for your hard work

 

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it's not to bad, after i get it welded i will weight it as well and let ya know.

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Well i went and bought some metal blades from Lowe's for my jig saw, but got the wrong ones...so i 1/2 used those and 1/2 used a hacksaw. I didn't want to spend the money, but if you have a metal blade for your chopbox that would work the best.

 

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do you have the link to that DIY...i want to take a look at it and maybe make one of those to. Thanks!

 

why did you decide to cut the angle, instead of just drill through the whole thing and use a washer?

 

nice work...that thing looks heavy though. how much does it weigh?

 

I think that looks pretty good. Gotta love the DIY, such satisfaction , too bad I have never felt it .

 

Very cool, and so simple. I would almost feel stupid buying a pre-made bar.

Are the bars pretty heavy? I'm wondering if it would be hard to find a lightwieght alternative.

 

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if i just dripped through both that threads from the shock wouldn't of been tall enough to put the nut back on.

 

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i just got back from getting it welded. tomorrow at work i'm going to find the postal scale and get a weight for everyone.

 

Good job man, very creative. Paint that sucker flat black or something and you'll be set

 

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Duhhhh
Use a makita 4" cut-off wheel....Does`nt everyone have one???
J/P





Modified by sinister at 7:54 PM 4/29/2003

 

nice....i have the diy trunk bar and I am working on my diy pillar bar out of copper tubing.

 

what metal is that? aluminum or steel?? just curious b/c of the weight factor....

nice job man. it looks awesome! might look into making one now....

 

Looks great